Vertically-adjustable shade-hanger.



W. B. GASWELL.

VEETIGALLY ADJUSTABLE SHADE HANGER.

APPLIOATIOH FILED NOV. 27, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. CASWELL, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANNIE E. CASWELL, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

VERTIGALLY-ADJUSTABLE SHADE-HANGER.

Patented May 3, 1910. Serial No. 530,164.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CAswnLL, citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vertically-AdjustableShade-Hangers,ofwhichthe following is a specification.

The present invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in shade hangers of that type which are adjustable to support the shade in different vertical positions, and the invention has for its object a simple, durable and efficient construction of device of this character which presents a neat appearance when applied to the window frame so as not to detract from the general appearance of the window; which is susceptible of application to win dow frames of different widths and is adjustable laterally relative to the window frame to support shade rollers of different lengths; and which may be conveniently operated and is under the absolute control of the operator.

With this and other objects in View that will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features of in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of my improved shade hanger; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view on an enlarged scale of one of the guides, the slide member movable therein, and the bracket connected to the slide member; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view thereof; and, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of the wing showing in detail the spur that is struck therefrom.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

the window casing. Along their rear edges,

that is, the edges adjacent to the sash, the bases are returned upon themselves or curled to constitute forwardly facing guide grooves 2 having contracted entrance portions. In the present instance each guide is constructed in a plurality of separate sections which are placed end to end, the meetingends of the sections being formed with matching tongues and recesses, designated 3 and 4 respectively, which insure of the sections being maintained in alinemcnt.

Operatively connected to the respective guides are slide members which are constructed of sheet metal and have substantially flat vertically disposed bases 5 that are arranged in abutting relation to the bases 1 of the corresponding guides and are relatively wider than the same. The bases are curled along their rear edges to provide beads 6 that are slidable vertically in the guide grooves 2. At their forward edges the bases of the slide members are formed with perpendicularly extending integral wings 7 which project inwardly toward each other. The wings carry brackets, the bases 8 of which are horizontally elongated and lie against the front faces of the wings, the bases carrying at their outer or remote ends perpendicularly and forwardly extending bracket arms 9 which are suitably perforated to receive the gudgeons of a conventional shade roller 10.

Both brackets are connected to the slide members in substantially the same manner and hence only one of these connections will be specifically described. The base of the bracket is formed with a slot 11 extending longitudinally thereof and re istering with a relatively short horizonta ly elongated opening 12 formed in the wing 7, the metal struck from the win to form the opening being turned perpen icularly rearwardly at the opposite ends of the opening to consti- I tute a pair of spaced lugs 13. Abutting the rear face of the wing between the pair of lugs is a nut 14 through which works the threaded extremity of a bolt 15 inserted through the registering slot and opening, the lugs 13 abutting against the opposite peripheral faces of the nut in order to hold the same against turning movement. The bolt is preferably formed with a kerfed head and is thus rendered capable of being conveniently loosened by using a screw driver or like tool, whereby to admit of the bracket being shifted laterally with respect to the window casing to support shade rollers of different lengths. Intermediate of the opening 12 and the inner extremity of the wing, a spur 16 is struck therefrom and is turned perpendicularly forwardly and projects through the slot 11 in order to prevent the bracket from swinging downwardly under the weight of the shade roller and about the bolt 15 as a pivot. Such a contingency is further obviated by means of a forwardly projecting lip or flange 17 which is formed at the upper edge of the wing in proximity to the inner end thereof and which bears against the upper edge of the base 8.

By referring particularly to Fig. 2, it is to be observed that cars 18 are struck from the bases 5 of the slide members and project perpendicularly inwardly therefrom in spaced relation to the adjacent wings, the ears being recessed at their lower edges, as indicated at 19, so as to detachably engage the knotted ends 20 of a suspension cord 21. The end portions of the cord extend substantially vertically'and are each confined above the knot 20 between the car 18, the wing 7 and the base 5, whereby to materially assist in preventing the knot from becoming accidentally disengaged from the recess 19. The suspension cord may be applied to the window frame in any approved manner, although in the present instance, said cord passes about pulleys 22 and 22 mounted at the upper corners of the window frame. The pulley, designated 22 is a double pulley and the suspension cord is looped downwardly about the same, as indicated at 23, a hand cord 24 being secured to and pendent from the loop and being adapted to be engaged by a suitable catch 25 secured to the adjacent jamb of the window casing. By manipulating the hand cord the slide members may be conveniently moved upwardly or downwardly in the guides, as desired, so as to support the shade roller in different vertically adjusted positions. Attention is here directed to the fact that the bases of the slides are cut away at their upper ends, as indicated at 26,

whereby to terminate below the upper edges of the wings and to afford necessary clearance for the pulleys 22 and 22 when the slides are positioned at the upper ends of the guides.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be apparent that I have provided an improved shade hanger in which the guides are attached to the inner faces of the jambs of the window casing so as not to materially detract from the general appearance there of; which is quite convenient in use and may be easily and quickly operated; and which embodies to a marked degree the characteristics of simplicity, durability and strength. Furthermore, it will be noted that the hanger may be manufactured at a minimum cost inasmuch as the parts thereof are susceptible of being formed from sheet metal. Attention is also directed to the fact that the forwardly projecting portion or shank of the spur 1-6 is preferably formed at its extremity with an angularly turned head 27 which lies in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the wing. The head is relatively narrow and vertically elongated so that its end portions project upwardly and downwardly beyond the upper and lower edges of the shank of the spur and overlap the front face of the base 8 above and below the slot 11, whereby the spur serves in addition to the function above mentioned, to assist in holding the base of the bracket against the wing.

The bracket may be readily disengaged from the spur when occasion requires, by turning the base 8 about the shank of the spur as a pivot, after the bolt 15 has been removed, to assume a vertical position, so that the slot 11 affords necessary clearance for the head 27.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a window frame, of a shade hanger comprising guides secured vertically at the inner faces of the jambs of the window frame, slide members having bases disposed substantially in abutting relation to the inner faces of the j ambs and connected to the guides for vertically sliding movement, and wings integral with and projecting perpendicularly from the bases and extending inwardly toward each other, shade supporting brackets carried by the respective wings, pulleys mounted at the upper corners of the window frame, and a flexible suspension member passing about the pulleys and attached to the slide members for raising and lowering the same, the bases of the slide members being cut away at their upper ends and terminating below the upper edges of the wings, whereby to afford clearance for the pulleys when the slide members are positioned at the upper ends of the guides.

2. An adjustable shade hanger including a slide member having a vertically disposed base and a wing projecting perpendicularly from the base at one vertical edge thereof, a vertically disposed fixed guide in which the other vertical edge of the base is slidably mounted, a shade supporting bracket having a base formed with a horizontal adjusting slot and abutting against the face of the wing opposite to the base, a single fastening device passing through the slot and inserted through the wing to secure the bracket in adjusted position relative thereto, and means carried by the wing and engaging the base of the bracket to maintain the same against turning movement about the fastening device as a pivot.

3. An adjustable shade hanger including a slide member having a vertically disposed base and a wing projecting perpendicularly from the base at one vertical edge thereof, a vertically disposed fixed guide in which the other vertical edge of the base is slidably mounted, a shade supporting bracket having a base formed with a horizontal slot and abutting against the face of the wing opposite to the base, and a single fastening device passing through the slot and inserted through the wing to secure the bracket in adjusted position relative thereto, the wing having a spur struck therefrom and projecting through the slot and operating in the same to maintain the bracket against turning movement about the fastening device as a pivot.

4. An adjustable shade hanger including a slide member comprising a vertically disposed base and a wing projecting perpendicularly from the base at one longitudinal edge thereof, a vertically disposed fixed guide to which the base is slidably connected, the Wing being formed with a horizontally elongated opening and with a pair of lugs outstanding from one face of the Wing at the opposite ends of the opening, a shade supporting bracket having a base abutting against the opposite face of the wing from the lugs, the base being formed with a horizontal slot registering with said elongated opening and relatively longer than the same, a nut abutting against the wing between the pair of lugs, and a bolt inserted through the registering slot and opening and working through the nut to hold the bracket in adjusted position relative to the wing, the said pair of lugs engaging the nut to hold the same against turning movement.

5. An adjustable shade hanger including a slide member comprising a vertically disposed base and a Wing projecting perpenthe Wing being formed with a horizontally elongated opening and with lugs outstanding from one face of the wing at the opposite ends of said opening, a shade supporting bracket having a base abutting against the opposite face of the win from the lugs and formed with a longitudlnal slot registering with the elongated opening and relatively longer than the same, a nut abutting against the wing'between the spaced lugs and held thereby against turning movement, a bolt inserted through the slot and opening and working through the nut, the wing having a spur struck therefrom and operating in the slot to maintain the bracket against turning movement about the bolt as a pivot, the base of the slide member having an ear struck therefrom intermediate of its vertical edges, the ear outstanding from one face of the base and being formed in its lower edge with a recess, and a suspension cord adapted to raise and lower the slide and having a knotted end detachably engaged in the recess at the lower edge of the ear.

6. An adjustable shade hanger including a slide member having a vertically disposed base and a Wing projecting perpendicularly from the base at one vertical edge thereof, a vertically disposed fixed guide to which the base is slidably connected, a shade supporting bracket having a base abutting against the face of the Wing opposite to the base and formed with a horizontal adjusting slot, a single fastening device detachably inserted through the slot and the Wing to secure the bracket in adjusted position relative to the latter, and a spur comprising a shank outstanding from the wing and projecting throu h and operating in the slot to maintain the bracket against turning movement about the fastening device as a pivot, and a vertically elongated head forme at the end of the shank and overlapping the front face of the base of the bracket to assist in holding the same against the wing, the bracket base being adapted upon the removal of the fastening device to be turned about the shank of the spur as a pivot to cause the slot to assume a vertical osition to afford clearance for said elongatec head.

7. An adjustable shade hanger including a slide member having a vertically disposed base and a wing projecting perpendicularly from the base at one vertical edge thereof, a vertically disposed fixed guide to which the base is slidably connected, means carried by the wing for engaging and supporting one end of a shade roller, an ear outstanding laterally from the base on the same side thereof as the wing and spaced apart from the latter, the ear being formed in its lower maintaining the knotted end against acci- 10 edge with a recess, and a suspenslon cordf dental disengagement from said recess.

adapted to raise and lower the slide relative In testimony whereof I aflix my signature to the guide and provided with a knotted in presence of two witnesses. end detachably engaged in the recess in the WILLIAM B CASWELL 81 lower edge of the ear, the cord extendingf substantially Vertically upwardly from its; Witnesses:

knotted end and being confined between the l C. W. R. CALLAHAN, ear, wing and base, whereby to assist inf F. N. FULLERTON. 

